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Sam Edward ScarboroughAge: 60 years18761937

Name
Sam Edward Scarborough
Given names
Sam Edward
Surname
Scarborough
Birth December 27, 1876 41 32
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 12 months)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a brotherJames Herbert Scarborough
June 15, 1881 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterMattie Scarborough
May 29, 1883 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 21 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Death of a fatherSamuel DeBerry Scarborough
October 6, 1912 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 39 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 40 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 41 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Death of a sisterMattie Scarborough
May 18, 1919 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 52 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Death of a motherMartha Janett Walters
December 19, 1930 (Age 53 years)
Death January 26, 1937 (Age 60 years)
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Sam Edward Scarborough
Birth: December 27, 1876 41 32Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 26, 1937Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
5 years
younger brother
James Herbert Scarborough
Birth: June 15, 1881 45 36Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 26, 1951Espanola, Rio Arriba, New Mexico, United States
23 months
younger sister
Mattie Scarborough
Birth: May 29, 1883 47 38Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 18, 1919Stewart, Tennessee, United States

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